新瓶装旧酒
xīn​píng​zhuāng​jiù​jiǔ

old wine in new bottles

  • created sense approved 新瓶装旧酒/新瓶裝舊酒 · xīn​píng​zhuāng​jiù​jiǔ · old wine in new bottles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    新瓶装旧酒 / 新瓶裝舊酒

    xīn​píng​zhuāng​jiù​jiǔ

    old wine in new bottles

    old ideas or systems presented in a new outward form

    新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 瓶装 (literal) → 瓶装/瓶裝 · píng​zhuāng · bottled 旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · old 酒 (literal) → 酒 · jiǔ · alcohol

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense